If you'll actually build it I'd say keep it.

If not, maybe consider helping it find a new home.  If you know many modellers in your area you may find someone is interested in having that kit instead of assisting you in selling it

Do you WANT to build it? build it! = warm feelings

Not Bothered? give it to someone who does. = warm feelings.

Or:  SELL it & give the proceeds to the Veterans group or Charity of your choice! = warm feelings.

Sell it and buy something that you really want to build.

I'd say if it doesn't mean that much to you and you don't want to build it, get what you can for it and get something you want.  Maybe take it to the model show and trade for something or somethings you want.  Evilbay would be a gamble to get what it is worth, and selling out right, well, everyone wants a good deal,so I think trading would get you more in the long run.  Just my  .  Ultimately, do what makes you happy! 

Eagle90

Another vote for "sell it". Why build a model you are not really interested in? Seems like a waste of time to me.

Hi :

   You haven't said what type of aircraft it is .Now , that said , if you decide NOT to build it , why not give it to the WOUNDED WARRIERS program closest to you or the V.A. Recreation center near you ? Either place would really appreciate it .       Tanker-Builder

I am ordinarily not a kit collector, but for years I had wanted to find a kit that was one of my favorites, a midget racing car kit by a company called Ace. This was mid 40s, prior to plastic.  I finally found a guy via internet who sold me one.

Now, I had a dilemma.  Though I was not ordinarily a kit collector, I both wanted to keep and to build that model!  I was able to have my cake and eat it too.  The Ace kits were balsa wood (except for wheels, to be covered later)- a few blocks sawn to profile view, a couple of sheet parts, and a few balsa sticks. I bought some balsa stock, sawed blocks to thickness and  then to profile, and managed to duplicate the other parts.  Model is in painting stage now. I intend to make RTV molds of the kit composition wheels, to duplicate in resin.  So I will have a build of the kit, with the whole kit also saved in its original condition!

What was neat about the Ace kits for a model racing car is that most others were carved from a single block of wood, but cutting out and making the cockpit was a horrendous task. You were never able to do it well.  The Ace kit was basically built up  from blocks and sheet so you had a cockpit area with 1/16 sheet walls- thin enough for good appearance.

I would sell it. There are lots of collectors out there and they might want that kit for their collection. And pay a premium for it. Use those funds to by a newer, expensive kit you really, really want but wouldn't normally spend that much money on.

Well, if you really want to build it don't let it being a collectible get in your way.

Still as so many have pointing out here you'd probably be better off selling it and buying something you really do want. You might check with someone like Rare Plane Detective, their whole business is based around buying and selling collectible kits. Never dealt with them myself but they might know what it's worth and be easier to work with than doing it all on ebay yourself.  

hmm I don't intended for this to come out rude but you said your brother in-law works in disaster recovery and he got them on the job? so does that in-tale that he found them in some ruble or the like and the real owner of the kits might be wondering why they couldn't find them? Might be something you want to look into especially if they are worth alot of money.

Rambo

hmm I don't intended for this to come out rude but you said your brother in-law works in disaster recovery and he got them on the job? so does that in-tale that he found them in some ruble or the like and the real owner of the kits might be wondering why they couldn't find them? Might be something you want to look into especially if they are worth alot of money.

That struck me, too. Unless the brother's company has a contract that pays for all the contents of a damaged building, he (and his company) could be in some serious trouble. It''s one thing to dumpster dive for stuff that was thrown out, but to take an undamaged item from someone's home or business seems quite unethical to me. And if it sounds rude, as Rhett said to Scarlett, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a ..."

Hi all, thanks for your comments.   To clarify any ethical questions, it was stuff cleared by the owners to be hauled off as trash.  At that point it's all written off.  Insurance payoff to the owner was done.  C'set la vie.  I don't wish this thought on this subject to continue... However the other subject, should I build this little Curtis P7E or not, can continue.  Also, the word is "entail" not "in-tale".  I understand misspellings, but that was just lazy.  Sorry, I didn't  want to sound rude.

As I said,  I am capable of buying any new, or old, kit I want, so I don't need any money I get to buy a newer kit.   Sometimes I feel like a model doesn't get  full filled unless it achieves it's purpose of being.  Sort of like a collector toy... thing "Big Bang Theory" with the toy transporter toy episode.  According to Spock, it's only logical that I build this kit.  

This may be a existential discussion for me.  

Most other kits in my "stash" are fair game for building, as almost all are not really collector items.With a few exceptions,(Peerless Dragon Wagon for example).

This kit is just one that is collectable, but I'm curious to build it.

Oh, I did this post because my wife thought I should ask.  BTW,  I've decided I should build it.  Logic dictates it.

Carry on.

Ah, just tore off the shrink wrap and opened the box.  Nice to smell air from the mid 20th century.  I was in 3rd grade.  Ahh.  The kit is actually a P6E,  and  had tissue paper wrapping it in the box.   The wings are engraved for where the decals go.  How thoughtful. It has a bit of flash, pretty good for the day.  Doesn't  look be be a hard build.  I built a lot of these kits from that time period by Aurora.   I saw a bunch of them listed in the little catalog that was inside the box.  Wow.  I'll save the box and that for sure.

Now when I start this kit is anyone's guess. May fit it in between other builds.

I am glad you decided to build it Tankboy

Too many times I read about people "saving a kit for later",,,,,,,,I am always glad to read that people decide it is "later" now,,,,,,,,or that they deserve to build that uber kit now.

I used to save certain kits for later on,,,,,,,,and then decided that there is no reason to fight with a ___________ kit, when I also have some great ____________ kits of the same subject (insert whichever kit the reader thinks is "bad" in the first blank, and "good" in the second one)

Rex (building from the stash, because of the number of modelers that we have lost that can't build now)

For god's sake BUILD IT!

Keep the box and instructions, preserve THOSE, but models were made for BUILDING!